The Miles Davis All Stars Walkin' LP

This contains two of the classic Miles Davis sessions of 1954 which made all
the critics who hailed his appearance at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival a
“comeback” seem like a pack of Rip Van Winkles. “Walkin’” and “Blue ‘n’ Boogie”
are quintessential blues jams with all the pluses and none of the minuses of
that genre. The solos by Davis, J.J. Johnson, Lucky Thompson, and Horace Silver
are electric and the ensemble punches powerfully. The date with Bird-fancier
Davey Schildkraut finds Miles’s magic mute materializing in front of the fine
Silver/Percy Heath/Kenny Clarke rhythm section.